Our network

Sports & Recreation

Daniels, Kelly lead Warhawks to shutout victory over Mobile

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 2:01pm
Daniels, Kelly lead Warhawks to shutout victory over Mobile

Cassie Daniels allowed just two hits in her sixth complete-game shutout of the season, and Leslie Kelly had a key two-run triple in the fifth inning to propel the Auburn Montgomery softball team to a 3-0 win over Mobile in its opening game at the Southern States Athletic Conference tournament.

The Warhawks (40-8) will next play Spring Hill in a winner’s bracket game at 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. Mobile (28-21) will face either Southern Wesleyan or Brewton-Parker in a loser’s bracket matchup at 11 a.m.

“I thought we had great at bats all night,” head coach Chris Steiner-Wilcoxson said. “I would have liked to have seen a few more hits with runners in scoring position, but we had a lot of people playing in their first conference tournament game so it was nice to get off to a good start. I was a little nervous about having to sit around all day, but they were really fired up and ready to play.”

AUM’s matchup was the last of six games played today at R.G.

Read More
View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter

NASP Alabama State Championship to be held in Montgomery tomorrow

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, 10:33am
NASP Alabama State Championship to be held in Montgomery tomorrow

The largest youth archery competition in Alabama, the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) Alabama State Championship, will be held Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the Multiplex at Cramton Bowl located at 220 Hall St., Montgomery, Ala., 36104.  Individual groups will begin shooting at 8:30, 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. The media and public are invited.

This is the first time the NASP Alabama State Championship will be held in Montgomery.

Read More
View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter

Wehle Nature Center will be open this weekend!

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 15th, 2013, 12:20pm
Wehle Nature Center will be open this weekend!

The Wehle Nature Center will be open this weekend.

Gates will open on Friday, March 15th at 2 p.m. for camping.  Gates close at dark and will reopen Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m.  The trails will be open and fishing allowed in Blue Herron and Wood Duck Lake at 4 p.m.  Gates will close at dark and open again on Sunday at 8 a.m.  The trails will be open and fishing allowed in the Nature Center Pond.  Gates will close at 3 p.m.

The Robert G. Wehle Nature Center is located in Bullock County, approximately 5 miles southeast of Midway, Alabama.  Take U.S. Highway 82 to Midway and follow the Nature Center signs.

Source: Outdoor Alabama

View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter

ASU College of Education accepting applications for online degree program

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 2:35pm
ASU College of Education accepting applications for online degree program

ASU’s College of Education is accepting applications for the Library Education Media Program (LEM), one of the University’s first online degree programs.

The LEM program, offered online, is designed to prepare professional educators to become school library media specialists in K-12 settings. The program was introduced last summer.

Dr. Necoal Driver, chair of Instructional Support Programs, said the LEM program strives to provide students with flexible and innovative instructional options.

“I am very excited that we can bring this type of instruction to students and keep up with their demanding needs. This is the basis for this program and more programs like this in the future,” Driver said.

Graduates receive the M.Ed. or Ed.S. degree.

For more information, please visit the program website or call 334-229-4456.

Source: Alabama State University office of Media Relations

View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter

Wehle Nature Center will be open this weekend!

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Friday, March 1st, 2013, 1:20pm
Wehle Nature Center will be open this weekend!

The Wehle Nature Center will be open this weekend.

Gates will open on Friday, March 1st at 2 p.m. for camping.  Gates close at dark and will reopen Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m.  The trails will be open and fishing allowed in Blue Herron and Wood Duck Lake at 4 p.m.  Gates will close at dark and open again on Sunday at 8 a.m.  The trails will be open and fishing allowed in the Nature Center Pond.  Gates will close at 3 p.m.

The Robert G. Wehle Nature Center is located in Bullock County, approximately 5 miles southeast of Midway, Alabama.  Take U.S. Highway 82 to Midway and follow the Nature Center signs.

Source: Outdoor Alabama

View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter

Biscuits to hold national anthem auditions

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Thursday, February 28th, 2013, 10:45am
Biscuits to hold national anthem auditions

The Montgomery Biscuits will be holding open auditions to sing the National Anthem on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 10am at Riverwalk Stadium.

Qualified individuals must audition to be considered for performance. The Biscuits ask that candidates come prepared to perform the traditional anthem a cappella, at the original tempo/melody and in the appropriate length of one minute and thirty seconds.

No sign up is required to attend auditions. Candidates will be entering through the employee entrance on Coosa Street.

For more information, visit www.biscuitsbaseball.com or contact Molly Johnson at mjohnson@biscuitsbaseball.com.

Source: Montgomery Biscuits Baseball

View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter

Young artists encouraged to enter State Fish Art Contest

Submitted by Donna Wallace-King, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013, 2:01pm
Young artists encouraged to enter State Fish Art Contest

Each year the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) partners with Wildlife Forever to conduct the State Fish Art Contest in which students depict a state fish and write a one-page essay to compete for scholarships and other prizes. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2013, and mailed to Wildlife Forever, 2700 Freeway Blvd., No. 1000, Brooklyn Center, MN, 55430.
 
Artists can choose to depict either of Alabama’s state fish: the largemouth bass or the fighting tarpon. Participants can also choose to draw state-fish from other states. In addition to the artwork, all of the artists, except those in grades 1-3, are required to write a one-page essay with facts about the fish, its natural habitat, and the importance of that habitat.
 
All artwork is judged by Wildlife Forever, which also handles contest details and awards prizes, such as scholarships, art supplies and fishing gear.

Read More
View Comments | Post a Comment
Share: Facebook Twitter